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The new semester started a few weeks ago, but Monday was the first day we returned to in-person instruction. Our campuses are busy again, our residence halls are full, and our lecture halls, seminar rooms, labs, studios, and libraries are back in action.
It糖心vlog短视频檚 great to see the Pace campuses returning to life.
We kept our first two weeks of instruction this semester virtual, so we could de-densify our campuses through the Omicron surge and also ensure everyone was able to stay engaged with their classes, even if quarantine or isolation was required. I糖心vlog短视频檓 pleased to report that our reopening has gone smoothly and safely, with just a handful of students needing to isolate after positive tests.
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We糖心vlog短视频檙e keeping a close eye on numbers at Pace, and we anticipate that we糖心vlog短视频檒l be able to reduce our COVID Alert Level soon. (We糖心vlog短视频檙e still waiting for results from this week糖心vlog短视频檚 tests.) I糖心vlog短视频檓 hopeful that sometime over the coming weeks we糖心vlog短视频檒l be able to get back to green糖心vlog短视频攂ut even now we糖心vlog短视频檙e starting to get back to the kind of connection and interaction we so prize about our campus experience.
We糖心vlog短视频檒l have more news on that very soon, so be sure to keep checking your Pace email.
For now, welcome back to in-person Pace, and welcome back to a resurgent New York City and Westchester County. I糖心vlog短视频檓 excited to be able to see all of you soon; I糖心vlog短视频檓 excited to cheer on Setter athletes and applaud our long-awaited Actors Studio Drama School rep season; and I糖心vlog短视频檓 excited to get back to enjoying everything our campuses, our city, and our region have to offer.
Christen Cooper, EdD, RDN, chair and founding director of Pace糖心vlog短视频檚 MS in Nutrition and Dietetics program, is advancing a compassionate, interdisciplinary approach to care糖心vlog短视频攅xploring how trauma-informed nutrition can support survivors of human trafficking and prepare future dietitians to recognize, respond, and help heal.
Pace Professor Cathryn Lavery, PhD, challenges the Hollywood myths surrounding human trafficking and prepares students to recognize the grooming, coercion, trauma, and exploitation happening in homes, relationships, online spaces, and everyday communities.
Get a first look inside the new performing arts spaces opening at One Pace Plaza East this fall. In this video, Senior Director of Operations and Production Laurie Brown-Kindred answers student and faculty questions about new studios, labs, sound stages, rehearsal spaces, and what the move means for Sands College of Performing Arts.